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New York Times, Friday, February 20, 2004

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Nair rival
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
392/11/20012/26/20116
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303011121
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5529785%
Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Peoples. Friday freshness: 88%
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© 2004, The New York Times2/20/4 ( No. 19,827 )
Across
1
Item on an auto shop checklist : BRAKEFLUID
11
Court grp. : USTA
15
Buoyancy : RESILIENCE
16
Nair rival : NEET
17
Tenderfoot : APPRENTICE
18
Taunt : JEST
19
"Lord, is ___?" : ITI
20
Forgo : MISS
21
Soft drink brand : SHASTA
23
Lowdown : DIRT
25
Slip on : DON
27
1957 Oscar winner Miyoshi : UMEKI
28
"Felix Holt" novelist : ELIOT
30
Time set, maybe, after a 7-Down : ONEPM
32
Negative principle : YIN
33
Library extension : RENEWAL
35
Thingies : WIDGETS
37
Korea Bay feeder : YALU
38
Bandar ___ Begawan, capital of Brunei : SERI
39
Determined : FIXEDON
42
Gardening job : PRUNING
46
Special connections : INS
47
Bill Haley and His Comets recorded for it : DECCA
49
Big picture : MURAL
50
Thrash : FLAIL
52
Drill sound : HUP
53
Minute opening : PORE
54
Many a trailer : TANDEM
56
Magicianlike : DEFT
59
Program begun under F.D.R. : NRA
60
Solid ground, in Stuttgart : ERDE
61
College student's filing : DEGREEPLAN
64
Garry Trudeau's "Check Your ___ at the Door" : EGOS
65
Fresh start : CLEANSLATE
66
Den : NEST
67
Healthy dose of reality : COLDSHOWER
Down
1
Hairstylist, maybe : BRAIDER
2
Despicable sort : REPTILE
3
1897 Felix Hoffmann discovery : ASPIRIN
4
White wine apéritif : KIR
5
K, for one: Abbr. : ELEM
6
Over, overseas : FINI
7
Informal invitation : LETSDOLUNCH
8
Accord : UNISON
9
Transportation regulator of old: Abbr. : ICC
10
Bad marks : DEES
11
Correct, as a feeding problem : UNJAM
12
With 24-Down, agrees : SEESEYE
13
Diagnostic tool : TESTKIT
14
Realizes : ATTAINS
22
Dreary : HUMDRUM
24
See 12-Down : TOEYE
26
Personal, e.g. : NEWSPAPERAD
29
Rot : TWADDLE
31
Fishing spot : PIER
34
African lily : ALOE
36
Make more exciting, in slang : GINUP
39
Bart Starr wore it at Green Bay : FIFTEEN
40
On a big scale : INLARGE
41
Tic-tac-toe : XSANDOS
43
Rule without exceptions : IRONLAW
44
Tell : NARRATE
45
Harvest helper : GLEANER
48
Club : CUDGEL
51
Explanatory words : IDEST
55
Year that Clement XI became pope : MDCC
57
Lowlands : FENS
58
Emmy winner John : TESH
62
"Don't Bring Me Down" grp. : ELO
63
The U.N. recognized it in 1974 : PLO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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